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Technologies of Salvation: (Re)locating Chinese Buddhism in the Digital Age |
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Tarocco, Francesca (著)
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Journal of Global Buddhism
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| Volume | v.18 |
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| Date | 2017 |
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| Pages | 155 - 175 |
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| Publisher | Journal of Global Buddhism |
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https://www.unilu.ch/en/faculties/faculty-of-humanities-and-social-sciences/institutes-departements-and-research-centres/department-for-the-study-of-religions/
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| Location | Lucerne, Switzerland |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Author affiliation: New York University Shanghai and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
Special Focus: Buddhists and the Making of Modern Chinese Societies |
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| Keyword | Chinese Buddhism; Digital Buddhism; Social media |
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| Abstract | The study of the communicative fabric of the social media life of elite clerics sheds light on the role that digital technology plays in the processes of re-articulation of their relationship with practitioners. Examining the spheres of pious self-making and social imaginary that are opened up by Buddhist technoculture, this article suggests that deep-rooted attitudes towards the circulation of knowledge and charisma inform the current recuperation of monastic ideals and the production of digital “dharma treasures” (fabao 法宝). These are key to establishing and maintaining local, trans-regional, and international networks of online and offline followers. The hyperspace-biased conversations within and around urban Buddhism represent a development of significance and complexity. Buddhist lives, I argue, are produced and mediated by the ever-expanding incidence of clerical blogging and engagement with the smartphone-based social media platform WeChat (weixin 微信). |
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| Table of contents | Cyber-Buddhism and Buddhist Technoculture 157
Buddhist Charismatic Lives in Cyberspace 162
Conclusions: Technologies of Mediation 169
Acknowledgements 170
References 170 |
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| ISSN | 15276457 (E) |
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| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1284254 |
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| Created date | 2021.03.06 |
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| Modified date | 2022.02.14 |
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